Kopp v. Salt Lake City

CROCKETT, Justice:

Salt Lake City appeals from a judgment of the district court which awarded plaintiff Edna L. Kopp, an employee in its police department, a judgment of $9,091.50, on the basis of the differential in pay between herself and regular policemen doing the same work, for the period between July 1, 1965, and the 15th day of January 1970.

The purpose of the Antidiscrimination Act 1 is to eliminate discrimination in the payment of wages based solely on the basis of sex where men and women are doing the same or similar work under all of the same conditions. We agree that that is a…